Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon



b. 1985, Thailand
Bangkok, Melbourne

@thitibodee_r

Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon reinterprets rejection and silence within artistic institutions not as personal failure but as structural conditions, examining the power relations that operate within the canon of art history. By meticulously rendering rejection letters addressed to him through a hyperrealistic painterly approach, the artist undertakes an archival intervention that transforms fleeting digital notifications into enduring records. Through this practice, he critically questions who is allowed to speak and which narratives are permitted to circulate.


티티보디 룽티라와타나논은 예술 제도의 거절과 침묵을 개인의 실패가 아닌 구조적 조건으로 재해석하며, 주류 미술사 안에서 작동하는 권력 관계를 탐구한다. 작가는 자신에게 전달된 거절 편지들을 극사실주의 기법으로 치밀하게 재현함으로써, 찰나의 디지털 통보를 영구적인 기록으로 전환하는 아카이브적 개입을 시도한다. 이러한 작업을 통해 누가 발언할 수 있으며, 어떤 서사가 제도 안에서 유통될 수 있는지를 비판적으로 질문한다.





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Education
2004-2008 Bachelor of Decorative art, Silpakorn University, Bangkok, Thailand


Solo Exhibitions
2025 Far From Home – Kingston Art Center

2023 The art of rejection, Sol gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2019 THE AIR, artist's studio, Bangkok, Thailand


Group Exhibitions
2025 Art Salon: An Untitled Exhibition, Thai Diaspora – The Blender Studios, Melbourne, Australia

2025 FAILED, Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia

2024 Thai Message, Soup on the Oil – Jimei x Arles International Photo Festival, Xiamen, China

2023 Far From Home, Chinese Museum Arts Collective – Collective Polyphony Festival (Testing Grounds), Melbourne, Australia

2023 FAILED, Footscray Community Arts Centre (Wyndham Art Prize Finalist), Melbourne, Australia

2023 FAILED, Gertrude Contemporary – Bundoora Homestead Art Centre, Melbourne, Australia

2023 Ghost – The Museum Is Dead and Desire Is Dead, Tanglin Shopping Centre, Singapore

2022 What Can Artist Do with Capitalism? (Failed on Tram Track), The Way We Talk (About It) – Brunswick Temporary, Melbourne, Australia

2022 What Can Artist Do with Capitalism? (Failed on Tram Track), Merri-bek Summer – Counihan Gallery, Melbourne, Australia

2021–2022 Statue Garden, ASEAN-RoK, Korea

2021–2022 Mass Art Project X JTAC, Jim Thompson Art Center Shop, Bangkok, Thailand

2020 Mass Art Project, Gallery Ver, Bangkok, Thailand

2018 Thai Message, Gallery Ver (Bangkok Biennial), Bangkok, Thailand

2017 Thai Message, MAIIAM Contemporary Art Museum, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2016 Thai Message – Dusadee + Dust + Lovers + Dead Ones, Chulalongkorn Art Center, Bangkok, Thailand

2013 What Can Artist Do with Capitalism? and Map Me, The Prince George Ballroom, New York, USA

2012 What Can Artist Do with Capitalism?, The Invisible Dog Art Center, Brooklyn, USA

2010 Thai Message (Unauthorized Exhibition), Tate Modern (Toilets), London, UK

2010 Ordinari­ness of Artist’s House: A Poetics of Dwelling, Meojaidee Gallery, Chiang Mai, Thailand

2009 See So(u)l Scene, Sol Art Space

2008 Politic and Environment Crisis, U.N.



Awards2023 FAILED, Footscray Community Arts Centre (Wyndham Art Prize Finalist), Melbourne, Australia


CollectionMaiiam contemporary art museum, Chiang Mai Thailand, Private collector






Work





01.
Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon, Failed Artist, crumpled sticker, display box, variable dimensions, 2026





02.
Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon, Failed (The Ministerial Reply), acrylic on canvas, 50x40cm, 2026 





03.
Thitibodee Rungteerawattananon, Failed (Creative Australia), acrylic on canvas, 50x40cm, 2025 






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